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Harris Clements @harrisclements.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

The leaf beetle Galerucella (tentatively ID'ed as G. sagittariae). Found on my leg! 🪲🐞 #britishbeetles #chrysomelidae #leafbeetles #essexbeetles #essexwildlife

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Harris Clements @harrisclements.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Also, these cases were abundant in the same area. Possibly containing the larvae?

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Harris Clements @harrisclements.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

A cute little moth from seawall habitat a few weeks back. Could it be Psyche casta? 🦋 #britishmoths #essexmoths #lepidoptera #britishinsects #bagworms

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Harris Clements @harrisclements.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Who's this? 👀 A tiny Apion weevil found on a dock leaf. Probably Apion frumentarium 🪲 🌿 So many different textures on one little beast! #essexwildlife #inverts #britishbeetles #britishweevils #weevils

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Harris Clements @harrisclements.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Common Restharrow (Ononis repens) flowering in abundance at Languard Nature Reserve in #Suffolk. 🌿 🌺 #Fabaceae #wildflowers #britishflora #bsbi

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Harris Clements @harrisclements.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Perhaps a strange post (and of a strange creature indeed!) but here's the saltmarsh-dwelling sea slug Limapontia depressa! 🐌_____ ___ _ (They must add slug emojis.) From a borrow dyke in #Essex. #marinemollusc #mollusc #slugs #inverts

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Harris Clements @harrisclements.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

The incredibly vibrant Flame Shield, Pluteus aurantiorugosus. Fruting early despite the heatwave. From #Essex. 🍄🍄‍🟫 #fungi #britishfungi #britishmushrooms #mycology

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Harris Clements @harrisclements.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Dilated Scalewort (Frullania dialata) showing off purple colours today in #Danbiry, Essex. On a fallen ash tree (perhaps as a result of recent winds? #essexwildlife #essexflora #britishflora #brophytes #liverworts #scalewort

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Harris Clements @harrisclements.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Nice Walk-rue Asplenium ruta-muraria in #Maldon from the other week between brickwork. 🌿 #ferns #britishflora #plants #essexflora #essex @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Harris Clements @harrisclements.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Slightly different from other posts, but here'# an immature land snail Columella edentula found the other day in private woodland. A new species for me! 🐌🌳

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Harris Clements @harrisclements.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Here with Dilated Scalewort, Frullania dilatata. Probably the most common Essex leafy liverwort, alongside Metzgeria furcata (the Forked Veilwort, pictured alongside from a different location). #bryophytes #liverworts #britishbryophytes #hepatics #plantsonbark

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Harris Clements @harrisclements.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Marble Screw-moss (Syntrichia papillosa) growing abundantly on old blackthorn (?) branches. Found in the same location as the last post. 🌱 Close up inspection of the leaves clearly shows the gemmae (which are apparently baby mosses!) on the leaves. @bbsbryology.bsky.social #mosses #bryophytes

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Harris Clements @harrisclements.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Brilliant vibrant Sarcoscypha (Elf Cups) in streamside scrub from the other day. My second time ever seeing them! 🍄‍🟫🍄 @britmycolsoc.org.uk #fungi #mushrooms #toadstools #essexfungi #essexwildlife #ascomycete #chelmsford

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Harris Clements @harrisclements.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Some more species, the paler lichen I believe to be Diploicia canescens, the other some sort of Xanthoria.

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Harris Clements @harrisclements.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

A mosaic of #lichens species on the Seawall at #Maldon Promenade today! 🌱🍄‍🟫 The fiery Rusavskia elegans is in the centre #fungi #essex #wildessex #essexwildlife

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Harris Clements @harrisclements.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Lecanora campestris and Lecidella stigmatea. Mosses included; Syntrichia montana, Ptychostomum capillare, Tortula muralis and Bryum argenteum.

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Harris Clements @harrisclements.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

A beautiful mural of lichens and mosses! On some garden ornaments composed of what I believe to be limestone. 🍄🍄‍🟫🌱 A short list of tentatively IDed species includes: Xanthoria parietina, Enchylium tenax, Candelariella medians, Candelariella aurella, Protoparmeliopsis muralis...(continued below...)

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Harris Clements @harrisclements.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

More ferns! Pinnate-leaved plants from the first two images are Black Spleenwort (Asplenium adiantum-nigrum) and the last image shows a little Hart's-tongue fern (Asplenium scolopendrium), all of which are happy with this mild rainy weather we're getting 🌧️☔ #essex #ferns #botany #plants #maldon

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Harris Clements @harrisclements.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Additionally in the bog: Bog Pondweed, Potamogeton polygonifolius (first two images) and within the water the very common desmid Euastrum binale gutwinskii, identified with the 4th photo 📚. I've found it in virtually every acidic body of water I've ever looked at under the microscope. 🔬

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Harris Clements @harrisclements.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

A couple of #bryophytes from back in April 2025 in Epping forest. 🌱🌲 Abundant Sphagnum bogs with lush growth present as well as Mnium hornum (Swan's-neck Thyme-moss) and Lepidozia reptans (Creeping Fingerwort).

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Harris Clements @harrisclements.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

And lastly I've a mix of species; the darker green moss in the left I suspect is the Dusky Beard Moss Didymodon luridus. As for the lighter moss I am not so sure. Also there is a pretty cool lichen on the top and bottom, some sort of cyanobacterium-containing species. Blennothallia? 🌿🌱🍄

A mix of mosses and lichens on a monument.

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Harris Clements @harrisclements.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Just besides the Orthotrichum was this Syntrichia species, a type of Screw-moss which looked attractive with its large leaves and long hair points.

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Harris Clements @harrisclements.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Enjoying the base-rich mortar on the cathedral walls is this clump which I believe to be Vinealobryum vineale, Soft-tufted Beard Moss.

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Harris Clements @harrisclements.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Some of my recent photos of some rock-dwelling bryophytes from the grounds of Chelmsford Cathedral: Here is the common Anomalous Bristle-moss, Orthotrichum anomalum, fruiting happily on an old grave, enjoying the calcareous rock it is composed of (assuming limestone?). 🌿🌱

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Harris Clements @harrisclements.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Another Octospora #ascomycete fungus seen recently, this one in Chelmsford on an old grave with the accompanying Grimmia host.

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Harris Clements @harrisclements.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Probable A. adiantum-nigrum growing under the Chelmsford viaduct near the train station.

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Harris Clements @harrisclements.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

A. scolopendrium close up on the walls surrounding the Chelmsford cathedral.

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Harris Clements @harrisclements.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

A nice mosaic of urban fern growth in #Chelmsford the other day. Asplenium scolopendrium (Harts-tongue Fern), A. trichomanes (Maidenhair Spleenwort) and A. adiantum-nigrum (Black Spleenwort) growingly healthily. 🌿 There were even small plants of the Wall Rue, A. ruta-muraria!

Ferns growing up a wall alongside a drain pipe.

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Harris Clements @harrisclements.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Not 100% sure on the moss species, but Torula muralis (the common Wall Screw Moss) was abundant. #brtiishbryologicalsociety #mosses #tortulamuralis #bryophytes #britishmosses

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Harris Clements @harrisclements.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

(Lichens tentatively IDed as Variospora flavescens and Diploicia canescens from first to last). #brtishfungi #lichens #moss #Galerina #mushroom #britishmushrooms #maldon #wallhabitat

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Harris Clements @harrisclements.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Some small Moss Bells (Galerina), not sure on the species, but seen fruiting on this nice moss/ lichen covered wall in #Maldon. Mortar between bricks possibly lime, as there were a few lichens suggesting a more calcareous environment.

Three Galerina mushrooms frying on a mossy wall.

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Harris Clements @harrisclements.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

🍄‍🟫 Another parasitic fungus that frequents mossy walls (photos from back in December): I've identified this one as Arrhenia retiruga, with the common name Small Moss Oysterling according to #iNaturalist. Seems to like the common cushion moss #Grimmia as a host which it parasites upon.

Arrhenia retiruga growing happily on Grimmia pulvinata on a wall.

A different view of Arrhenia retiruga hrowing happily on a mossy wall.

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Harris Clements @harrisclements.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

And lastly, the lovely splotchy leaves of the Early Purple Orchid (Orchis mascula) in woodland in the northern half of the county. 🌳

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Harris Clements @harrisclements.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Here's a plant I think is the Southern Marsh Orchid (Dactylorhiza praetermissa); this species I've also only seen once but this plant here seemed to like damp unimproved grassland besides a pond. 🪻🌧️

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Harris Clements @harrisclements.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

A species I've only seen once, and supposed to be not as common, is the Green-winged Orchid, Anacamptis morio. In similar habitats to the above species, the land this plant was found has since been lost to development. 🌱🪻

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Harris Clements @harrisclements.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

One of the most iconic British flowers has to be the Bee Orchid, Ophrys apifera. It's often quite small compared to other orchids so easily overlooked but is not infrequent in unimproved grassland, and can tolerate drier conditions too like the Pyramidal. 🐝

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Harris Clements @harrisclements.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

In a damper environment in this woodland ride I saw a colony of (what I believe to be!) the wonderful Common Spotted Orchid (Dactylorhiza fuchsii). Unfortunately not quite as common as the Pyramidal, it still pops up in unimproved grassland and heaths etc. 🌱🌿

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Harris Clements @harrisclements.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Whilst looking forward to orchids coming up in warmer weather, I thought I'd post a few orchid species I have spotted in Essex... Here's the fairly common Pyramidal Orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis) growing in the dry grassland of a sea wall, a habitat it seems to like in this part of the world. 🌱🪻

Pyramidal orchid held between my fingers.

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Harris Clements @harrisclements.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

With many larger plants dormant for the season and the trees leafless I tend to keep an eye out for epiphytic bryophytes in the winter. 🌱 Here is a possible Myriocoleopsis minutissima (Minute Pouncewort) colony on a thick wild rose stem.

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Harris Clements @harrisclements.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

The only fungus I saw the other day during some pretty cold temperatures! 🥶. Identified as an Octospora, probably O. musci-muralis growing with its host the common cushion-forming moss Grimmia pulvinata. 🍄‍🟫 🌿

Growing with Grimmia pulvinata on a bridge. There was an abundance of lichens here!

Hydrated fungus and moss under the microscope.

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Harris Clements @harrisclements.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

A new #Seaweed for: Possible Bostrychia scorpioides (Scorpion-tailed Saltmarsh Weed)?, an odd red algae from the upper saltmarsh in Essex. 🌿🏖️ #BritishSeaweeds #RedAlgae #Rodophyta #Saltmarsh #SouthernEngland #Essex

General form with various green algae and Vaucheria spp. in the upper saltmarsh.

Edges of branches under a stereo microscope, showing distinctive branch ends.

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